Years of Life Lost to Firearm Suicide Among Young People in the US

Stephanie Garcia; Parker Entrup; O Trent Hall; Megan Deaner; Arielle Thomas; Robert Lim

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.3366

Years of Life Lost to Firearm Suicide Among Young People in the US

JAMA Pediatr. 2023 Nov 1;177(11):1230-1232. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.3366.

Authors

Stephanie Garcia¹, Parker Entrup², O Trent Hall³, Megan Deaner³, Arielle Thomas⁴, Robert Lim¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine at Tulsa.
² College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus.
³ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Talbot Hall, Columbus.
⁴ Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study examines years of life lost among the top 3 causes of death and compares firearm suicide with other methods of suicide among individuals aged 10 to 24 years in the US.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Firearms*
Humans
Suicide*